Wilson Alexandria X2s in small room


I'm thinking of getting a pair of Wilson Alexandria X-2s. I'm wondering how they will sound in my 13.5 x 22 x 7 foot listening room. I've talked with Wilson and they thought they'ed work. Some dealers I've talked with are not as positive, thinking they will overpower my room. My room has been acoustically treated with Auralex LNRD bass traps in all four corners. I also use diffusors and 6 Room Lens to tune my room which features a pair of Revel Salons and a pair of Revel Sub 30 subwoofers. I figure my current system has about the same radiating area as the Wilsons. A friend has Legacy Focus 20/20s which generate large amounts of bass also, and he's used them successfully in small rooms with tweeks. Will I need to use a unit like the Rives PARC to get the best from these speakers? Or will they fit in with the usual amount of setup care that my Salons took?
Any opinions or educated guesses?
Thanks,
Steve
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I find it interesting that people who have not heard the speakers give advice on what they sound like. I have set up X-2s in a comparably sized room with Maxx 2's for the rears. Couple of Wilson subs because the owner wanted them. Wilson surrounds on the walls for optional surround use. Place looks like a Wilson showroom. Wilson knows their products better than any dealer, period. They were extremely helpful in set up issuses. The x-2's have more set up options than most any other speaker I know of. How does it sound? Best I have ever heard. Could it over power your room. It is capable of overpowering a good size auditorium. Depends on how loud you turn it up. You can also sit in amazement at a solo violin. The Parc you mention (owner has one) helps with recordings that are recorded with lousy bass. This speaker gives you what you put into it. Nothing more, nothing less. I don't work for Wilson but I sure do respect their commitment to customer satisfaction. If you want, e-mail me and I will send you my phone number so you can ask any questions you like. The Maxx 2's are a world class speaker, think of the audio experts for the mags who own them. The X-2's are just that much better in most every catagory. In audio, they are about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on...
Denny
If you got the X2 free, you could sell it if you found it was incompatible with your room. I would if I were you.
I dont think big speakers cant work in smaller rooms, my room is 14X18 and I have rather large VMPS FF3SRE speakers and I dont feel they over-power the room. I would not simply ignore most any speaker until it is employed in the specific room it is intended for.
I mention these alot because they really impressed me so here goes again, the Vandersteen 5A is a fantastic speaker wich I feel are more musical than Wilson, wich I went to a demo of a couple times. The really cool part of the 5A besides its excellent performance is its 11 band bass tuning EQ feature wich will allow dealer to dial it in for best performance in most any room. The cost is around $18K
but that is pretty cheap compared to the Wilson's you are thinking of buying. Unless you have already heard or just plain dont think you like Vandersteen then ofcourse ignore my post, if however you have not heard these I bet you would be very pleased you did.
Don't do it! Won't sound good! I sold my MAXX because they didn't sound good in a room your size!
I've never heard them and never will. But how they could sound good in a small room eludes me. Better off with triple QUADS or something like that. Or, gee, I bunch of small stacked Magicos at $22K a pair.